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caseydavenport / biermacht

Homebrewer's Companion for Android
Apache License 2.0
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Logo and name Biermacht #71

Closed mcmellow closed 6 years ago

mcmellow commented 6 years ago

Hi Casey,

I made a posting on the Dutch Hobby brewers forum about your app. The first reaction was about your logo and the name of your app. Dutch brewers made a link to nazi Germany and the whermacht of World War 2. Can you please explain the meaning of the logo and the name of this app Biermacht

pricelessbrewing commented 6 years ago

Not the developer, but it literally translates to beer maker.

caseydavenport commented 6 years ago

literally translates to beer maker.

Developer here - this was the intention of the name, as in the German "Machen".

caseydavenport commented 6 years ago

@mcmellow Thanks for bringing this to my attention. The logo was just meant to be a cool graphic - a bird with the body of a beer bottle. It was a long time ago, but IIRC it was crafted up from a combination of other graphics.

Looking in this light, I do see how it can be misinterpreted. I did not intend to evoke or reference Nazi imagery and I'm sorry for any confusion or offense that was taken as a result. I will look into getting a new graphic made - I definitely do not want users to make this association with my software!

mcmellow commented 6 years ago

Hi Casey Thank very much for your explanation. I did put your answer in the postings. I hope the discussion about the name and the logo will stop now. I am very happy with your app. No I have the recipes of all my brews in my phone at hand, inculding notes etc. Exporting recipes to my dropbox on my laptop and importing the same recipes from the dropbox on my phone into Biermacht works great.

wligtenberg commented 6 years ago

@pricelessbrewing not really at best it would literally translate to beer makes. Beer maker would be something like bier macher. Currently I think most people would translate it to beer power. Which is technically fine, but in German can have negative connotations. I also immediately noticed Nazi resemblances. I know changing the name is painful, however, the current name and logo do keep me back from contributing.

Added link to image which should help in showing the likeness to the Nazi symbol:

https://goo.gl/images/unWG4D

caseydavenport commented 6 years ago

Logo change went in here: https://github.com/caseydavenport/biermacht/pull/72

Should be reflected in the play store in a few hours!

mcmellow commented 6 years ago

Dear Casey,

it is great you changed the logo. You own my deepest respect for this change. Chapeau!!! This a Dutch way of saying: I raise my head and bow for you !

wligtenberg commented 6 years ago

Thanks, I just had a look at it, and I will be honest. The name is now less of an issue as well. It really was the combination that triggered it.